Was browsing a lots of stuff on James Bond and compiled them here....for folks who love BOND..
The Creator:
James Bond is a gift from Ian Fleming. In real life, Ian Fleming was a Lieutenant Commander in Naval Intelligence Division at the time of World War II and had done some wonderful operations against Germany.
Since Fleming's death, the James Bond tradition has been carried on by John Gardener
The Character of James Bond:
The Origin of the Name James Bond:
"I wanted the simplest, dullest, plainest-sounding name I could think of. James Bond seemed perfect." -Ian Fleming
While he may be the world's most famous, glamorous secret agent, let's face it, his name is pretty dull. In a way it is fitting, Fleming achieved exactly what he wanted to with the name. He actually found it sitting on his bookshelf in the author of a book entitled "Bird's Of The West Indies." And like that, history was made!
The Qualities of James Bond:
James Bond possesses many other qualities besides his quality as a spy.
- There is no gem he can't name (Diamonds Are Forever)
- No language he can't speak, "You forget Moneypenny, I took a first in oriental languages at Cambridge." (You Only Live Twice)
- No wine he can't identify (virtually every movie).
- He is an expert at all sports- Skiing, swimming, sky diving, equestrian.
- He drives a car better then any race driver, flies any plane.
- And of course, he's a gun master. There is no gun he hasn't used.
- He always wins at the casino.
- Women find him irresistible and . . .
- Gun: Walter PPK (light hand gun), Baretta .25 (Bigger, more powerful gun)
- Knife: Sykes Fairborn Commando
- Car: BMW. There was a controversy as to why British agent James Bond should use German BMW in his all the missions (the cars that Mr. Q builds for JB are actually all BMW models)
- Drink: Vodka Martini, "Shaken but not stirred".
The List of James Bond Movies:
Code:
No Year Title James Bond
1 1962 Dr. No Sean Connery
2 1963 From Russia With Love Sean Connery
3 1964 Goldfinger Sean Connery
4 1965 Thunderball Sean Connery
5 1967 Casino Royale David Niven
6 1967 You Only Live Twice Sean Connery
7 1969 On Her Majesty's Secret Service George Lazenby
8 1971 Diamonds Are Forever Sean Connery
9 1973 Live And Let Die Roger Moore
10 1974 The Man With The Golden Gun Roger Moore
11 1977 The Spy Who Loved Me Roger Moore
12 1979 Moonraker Roger Moore
13 1981 For Your Eyes Only Roger Moore
14 1983 Octopussy Roger Moore
15 1983 Never Say Never Again Sean Connery
16 1985 A View To A Kill Roger Moore
17 1987 The Living Daylights Timoty Dalton
18 1989 Licence To Kill Timoty Dalton
19 1995 Golden Eyes Pierce Brosnan
20 1997 Tomorrow Never Dies Pierce Brosnan
21 1999 The World Is Not Enough Pierce Brosnan
22 2002 Die Another Day Pierce Brosnan
James Bonds:
Sean Connery: 7 movies, from 1962 to 1971; "Never Say Never Again" (1983)
David Niven: Only one movie "Casino Royale" (1967)
George Lazenby: Only one movie "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (1969)
Roger Moore: 7 movies, from 1973 to 1985.
Timothy Dalton: 2 movies, from 1987 to 1989.
Pierce Brosnon: 4 movies, from 1995 onwards .
Sean Connery was a gunner in Royal Navy in real life.
Bond Girls:
Bond's heroines are always different. But Ursula Andress and Maude Adams are exceptions. Ursula played Honey Rider in "Dr. No" and Vesper Lynd in "Casino Royale". Maude Adams played Andrea Anders in "The Man with the Golden Gun" and Octopussy in "Octopussy".
The Bond Girls:
Code:
No Title Bond Girls (Actress/Role)
1 Dr. No Ursula Andress (Honey Rider)
2 From Russia With Love Daniela Bianchi (Tatiana Romanova)
3 Goldfinger Honor Blackman (Pussy Galore)
Shirley Eaton (Jill Masterson)
Tania Mallett (Tilly Masterson)
4 Thunderball Claudine Auger (Domino Vitali)
Luciana Paluzzi (Fiona Volpe)
Molly Peters (Patricia Fearing)
5 Casino Royale Ursula Andress (Vesper Lynd)
6 You Only Live Twice Akiko Wakabayashi (Aki)
Karin Dor (Helga Brandt)
7 On Her Majesty's Secret Service Diana Rigg (Tracy)
8 Diamonds Are Forever Jill St. John (Tiffany Case)
9 Live And Let Die Jane Seymour (Solitaire)
10 The Man With The Golden Gun Britt Ekland (Mary Goodnight)
11 The Spy Who Loved Me Barbara Bach (Major Anya Amasova)
12 Moonraker Lois Chiles (Holly Goodhead)
13 For Your Eyes Only Carole Bouquet (Melina Havelock)
14 Octopussy Maud Adams (Octopussy)
15 Never Say Never Again Kim Basinger (Domino Vitali)
16 A View To A Kill Tanya Roberts (Stacey Sutton)
Grace Jones (May Day)
17 The Living Daylights Maryam d'Abo (Kara Milovy)
18 Licence To Kill Carey Lowell (Pam Bouvier)
Talisa Soto (Lupe Larmora)
19 Golden Eyes Izabella Scorupco (Natalya Siminova)
Famke Janssen (Xenia Onatopp)
20 Tomorrow Never Dies Teri Hatcher (Paris Carver)
Michelle Yeoh (Wai Lin)
21 The World Is Not Enough Sophie Marceau (Elektra King)
Denise Richards (Christmas Jones)
22 Die Another Day Halle Berry (Jinx)
Rosamund Pike (Miranda Frost)
The Organization of MI6 (Military Intelligence 6, the organization James Bond belongs to):
Mr. M:
Code name of Admiral Sir Miles Messerby. The head of MI6, M gives Bond his assignments and is the only person 007 answers to.
Mr. Q:
Code name of Major Boothroy. One of the most beloved characters of the series, Q is the man who gives Bond all his wonderful gadgets. One interesting fact about Q is that it was played by Desmond Llewelyn in all the James Bond movies for almost 35 years since the beginning. Die Another Day is the only movie in which Q has changed. On December 19, 1999, Desmond was killed in a head on car crash. He was 85 years old.
Moneypenny:
Mr. M's secretary. Moneypenny is always there to welcome Bond home from his adventures in far off places. And 007 enjoys to flirt with her.
Louella Ponsenby:
Bond's secretary.
Mr. Liter:
Bond's CIA contact.
Agent Codes:
All the members of MI6 are given a three digit code.
The first digit indicates his department.
0: Foreign Espionage (In enemy countries, generally attacking, the most important)
1: Inland services (Save UK from the spies of enemy countries, generally defensive)
2: Co-ordination (Co-ordination with other NATO/Friendly agencies, like CIA (USA), Mossad (Israel) etc.)
3: Personnel and Accounts. (The internal administration of MI6)
The second digit indicates the level of seniority from 0 to 9 with 0 as the senior most.
The third digit is the agent's code.
So, the agent code 007 means a senior agent in Foreign Espionage department and 115 means a junior agent in Inland Services department.
All the agents with the same leading two digits share the same rank (e.g. 005, 007, 008 share the same rank, in some movies James Bond also says that if he would be killed, 005/006/008 would replace him.)
